How to Get SMS Notifications from Nedbank
Do you wish to find out how to get SMS notifications from Nedbank South Africa? Nedbank is one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the country. They currently have over 7 million clients. Like all the other banks in South Africa, Nedbank adopts a wide range of measures to ensure security for its customers. SMS notifications are one such measure. They ensure that clients are informed each time there is a transaction on their accounts.
Enable Nedbank SMS notifications
The following is how to get SMS notifications from Nedbank;
- Log into the Nedbank Money app on your phone or tablet.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on More.
- Click on Settings.
- Open Preferences.
- Go to Notifications.
- Click on Set account notifications.
- Choose Get notifications on all accounts. Alternatively, you can choose the account for which you wish to get notifications.
- Pick between SMS notifications and in app notifications.
Alternative ways of getting SMS notifications from Nedbank
In the above section, we showed you how to get SMS notifications from Nedbank using the Nedbank Money app. There are alternative ways through which you can turn on this feature. These apply if you do not have the app on your phone.
You can get the notifications switched on by visiting your nearest Nedbank branch and getting them to do it on your behalf. Another option is to call 08000 555 111. Talk to an agent and they will help you.
Here are the full Nedbank customer care numbers.
For which transaction will you get notifications?
That’s how to get SMS notifications from Nedbank. This service is essential as far as securing your account is concerned. Depending on your preferences, you will now get notified each time a transaction happens on your account. The transactions for which you can get notifications include;
- Transactions at till points
- Deposits
- ATM withdrawals
- Debit order payments
- Low balance alerts
- Alerts when changes are made to your account’s details such as your number.
- Transactions that are processed overnight.
Why it’s important to turn on SMS notifications on Nedbank
All Nedbank customers need to turn on SMS notifications on their accounts. But why is that the case? It’s something that we have already discussed. It’s important to get notified when transaction occur on your account for security reasons.
Bank fraud is rife in South Africa. That’s largely driven by the fact that online banking is become more and more common. The good news is that there are ways through which the effects can be mitigated, and SMS notifications are one of them.
Other measures that you can take include blocking your card. Daily limits on accounts are another security measure. You can also set notifications for such things as low account balances, as highlighted above. This is triggered when your account balance reaches a particular threshold that you would have set.